DRUMY
Honor Thy Father drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Honor Thy Father by Dream Theater is 152 BPM and runs 10:10: 275 bars and 5,023 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, ride, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Interlude (1:23) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Half-time
- Verse
- Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Verse
- Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Harmony Lead
- Break
- Pre-solo
- Solo
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Honor Thy Father on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Honor Thy Father come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 57 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 152 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Honor Thy Father drum cover.
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